Cool Shades

The History and Meaning of Sunglasses

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Vanessa Brown

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Paperback / softback

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Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today. Ubiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in mass culture; a powerful attribute pervading much fashion and pop cultural imagery which has received little scholarly attention until now. Accessible and highly engaging, this book offers an original history of how sunglasses became a fashion accessory in the early twentieth century, and addresses the complex variety of meanings they have the power to articulate, through associations with vision, light, glamour, darkness, fashion, speed and technology in the context of modernity. Cool Shades will be of great interest to students of fashion, design, visual and material culture, cultural studies and sociology, as well as general readers fascinated by this iconic fashion staple.

Author Biography:

Vanessa Brown is a Senior Lecturer responsible for Design Culture and Context in the School of Art and Design (Department of Fashion, Knit and Textiles) at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Release date NZ

December 18th, 2014

Author

Vanessa Brown

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

30 bw illus

Pages

192

Dimensions

156x234x9

ISBN-13

9780857854452

Product ID

21486908

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